You know how it’s like sometimes when you’re bored, you just want to stop thinking for a while… then you start going over some old archives, trying to find something you’re not even sure you’re looking for. I had that moment tonight.
And I found this photo. I couldn’t believe how long it’s been sitting on my backup spindle, waiting for me to pick it up and process it… trying my hand at very simple photo manipulation…
To a dear friend… who’s always been there. This one’s for you.
I saw this on Pebs’ facebook and I just thought I’d like to share it with the rest of you guys here in the blogosphere. I’m probably the last person to have seen this but I really find this MTV from Amber the coolest!
I finally had the chance to do some blog hopping tonight and I was particularly amused at one article I read in the magazine that talked about sexy nannies. It was obviously coming from a guy but I found it really funny in a kind of pervy way, but funny all the same.
Anyway, he and his wife both work long hours and have to leave their 2 year old son with a nanny for most of the day. They’ve had very bad experience with the previous nannies who left the kid in the condo hallways to answer a text message, or leave the house open to walk the kid around the pool area. Just put it this way – they’ve had it with nannies.
Then one day, a friend introduced them to a nanny who was not only experienced in caring for a kid, she was also somewhat sexy. After talking it out, the couple finally decided to take her in. With some little doubt, they did some research and come across the Nanny Camera. It was the perfect solution for their woes – they can actually keep an eye on how sexy nanny will treat little baby boy.
While mommy is 100% in favor of getting this pricey nanny camera masquerading as a teddy bear or a wall clock, daddy is more than excited. Of course, like any responsible parent would – they’d do everything to ensure the safety of their kid in the company of the nanny, so it was not a very difficult decision to make for both parents. But then, in a weird kind of way, he made me chortle a giggle at what he wrote. Can you believe it, he actually wanted to get the nanny camera for reasons other than keeping an eye on baby boy – he actually found it pleasurable to watch nanny in action. Talk about some guy’s screwed fantasies!
Boy if I was the nanny, I would totally feel violated being watched while I’m innocently doing my chores, it’s just insane! But I can’t blame parents as well. If I had my own kid, I’d probably have one of these installed at home. In this day and age, when technology is so accessible, this would probably be one of those things that I’d consider non-negotiable. I would feel secure in knowing that my kid is well taken cared of while I’m away working.
How would you like to have one of these nanny cameras?
I was looking for private, residential homes for short term rent when I chanced upon this house in Malibu. It has beautifully well appointed rooms, a heated lap pool, pocket gardens, fireplace, plasma TV. Everything that anyone would wish to have in a home. The house sits on a cliff which explain the serenity that it has to offer people who wish to go on vacation from the busy world outside.
Looking at the photos, at first I thought it was some residential rest house of the Hollywood rich and famous. But boy, was I totally wrong! It is a drug rehab facility that caters to individuals who seek addiction treatment and alcohol treatment. The ambience of the place is perfectly created to help support the recovery of patients undergoing therapy inside this home.
With a secluded community, Cliffside Malibu limits its enrollment and extends a wide array of services to its patients, from acupuncturists, herbologists, massage therapists and holistic medicine practitioners. The vast expanse of the property also offers exciting outdoor activities to its inhabitants – horseback riding, surfing and hiking.
So as not to feel as though they are shut out of the real world, wireless internet access is available in the community. The whole treatment process is very casual and comfortable, with unmatched state of the art approaches to help combat addiction.
Though I am not an addict, I would definitely love to go on a retreat in this place, if only to clear my mind and to renew my spirit.
If there’s one thing we can’t deny – women in general are obsessed with shoes and bags. This is our guilty pleasure. I am particularly obsessed with small fashionable designer handbags and wristlets.
With my discovery of ShopWiki, I have also rediscovered online shopping to be a wonderful stress-free experience. With just a flick of my finger, I am able to shop and compare prices between two stores and make up my mind on the purchase. It’s so convenient that I can get the bag I want without having to wrestle my way through parking, through store crowds and lastly through the whole ordeal of being sales-talked into getting something I will later on regret having purchased.
I find particular usability of the accessories search that allows me to find the accessories I’m looking to buy and the ability to actually sort them according to price range. With shopwiki, I no longer stick with only 1 store for my shopping. In fact, I get to search all online stores in the web and compare prices.
So with that, I’m off to buy my new Coach wristlet. Later folks!
Stormy. This is an understatement when used to describe the week that was. Indeed, it was pretty hectic! Doing my OMEGA tracking made me realize I practically worked 3 extra days this week. I know I am an advocate of work-life balance and spending long hours at work is not a quality I would like to attribute to myself. But things outside our control just happen.
As if this is not enough to alarm me, I was jolted when JP asked me over ML on Friday night, “So what book are you reading now?” The question practically came out of nowhere… and it struck me. I have not been reading a lot! I took me a good few seconds of awkward hesitation – Sandman! Indeed, I pickup my comic book from time to time to lull myself to sleep… but other than that, I have not been reading anything that could fuel my soul, my thoughts.
That one question, innocent as it is, made me realize that indeed, I have been losing a lot of my personal life by spending it churning code at work. I know I can make all the excuses that I want but working long hours is going to bite me back in the rear at some point in time… so Saturday came. Instead of bringing a stack of magazines to the Car Care Center, I brought with me some reviewers and a book by Lee Silber entitled “Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain”.
I was in Rustan’s for my regular session at Clarins, a consult with Junee of Phyto for my hair-perming, and to shop for a wedding gift for my cousin, when the huge signage at the 3rd floor greeted me in bold, red letters, S-A-L-E!
I saw racks upon racks of clothing and shoes on sale, but my gaze landed on the swimwear which are now on off-season sale. There was quite a handful of designs that I fancy, but none that was similar to what I found online which I believe will really work for my build – Swimsuits for All. Aside from the fact that the store sells creatively designed women’s bathing suits they also cater to women of all sizes.
One of the things I like about the swimsuits being sold on this site is that they’re functional and elegant at the same time. It’s very difficult to find these things in swimsuits nowadays. The ones that I see in malls around here are either too skimpy or too sporty.
I know marrying both form and functionality is quite difficult, especially when it comes to bathing suits, but this online gem pulled it off quite effortlessly. I am particularly interested in getting the christina swimwear brand and I am seriously considering ordering one for myself on this site. Now all I have to do is make up my mind on which design I really like best!
I’ve been through a lot of stress lately. My project has gone in full swing, another development project is also up in my sleeve… and I have a change to deliver tomorrow at 3AM! My utilization has gone up another .2 notches from last month, now at 1.6, which means – I am actually working for 100% for 1 person and 60% for another person. If that’s not toxic enough, I don’t know what is!
So you get the picture. I am stressed beyond words but only God knows what can be done about it. So I checked online for things that will keep those wrinkles and crows feet at bay. And boy, was I lucky. I found a link to Murad Resurgence. I’ve been meaning to pay them a visit at the 5th floor of Rustan’s Makati for a facial and what not, and this new-found interest in their Resurgence product came just in time.
The Resurgence Kit, a breakthrough technology developed by experts to restore and revitalize hormonally ageing skin, comes in a 30-day introductory kit that contains Renewing Cleansing Cream, an Age-Diffusing Serum and an Age-Balancing Night Cream that works magically to keep one’s skin looking younger than it does 10 years ago.
I cannot wait to get my kit at Rustan’s. I’m counting the days to Friday to get started with the 30-day program!
I received a very disturbing email from Mungkey today. It was a forwarded email campaign to support a blog called two million dollar baby that says:
This is just disturbing people, and I do hope you would mind and read this journal. The people involved in this journal are planning to abort a baby, their baby– unless you answer their poll: they reasoned that they could support the child, so they might choose to abort the baby. They called the child the twomilliondollarbaby, which is not very amusing.
Please reserve your 10 seconds of internet time and tell others about this story. An unborn baby’s life is in jeopardy. Rally everyone to save a life.
I cannot help but share my opinion publicly on this matter. My initial reaction was more of genuine compassion and pity. I feel for the troubled teenagers. I feel for the child in her womb. I can almost feel her knees wobbling out of fear and anxiety. It is not a very easy situation to be in and definitely one that you and I would not like to experience at any point in our lives.
However, setting up a blog to entrust the fate of an unborn fetus to public scrutiny is a totally different matter. It posed for me a question on morality: while the act of saving a life through whatever means possible is a noble and respectable deed, is it morally correct to risk a child’s life for a price tag? For the compassionate souls who were moved by this story, is it morally correct to help save a life while contributing to a certain degree of extortion?
I tried to process all these information in my head, and believe me, it tugged at my heart to realize how awfully selfish and insanely inhuman this act of treachery and connivance could be. While I am amused at how far the couple would go to raise money for the kid’s future, I feel saddened and angered by the fact that they are actually using a poor innocent life to blackmail and abuse the genuinely generous hearts of other people reading their blog, in their pursuit for financial freedom from raising a kid, that is a consequence of their irresponsible actions. Clearly, this is extortion masquerading as a cause at all angles.
As much as I would like to commend the couple for their creatively, I feel guilty that I am part of the world today that is shaping the future tomorrow. If kids today have judgment that is as flawed and twisted as these couples’, what else can we expect from our future?
Indeed, this situation poses a serious threat to morality. And so I dare leave you with this question - where have our values gone?
I am not really a big fan of online shopping with my credit card, although I do buy domain names, softwares and tech stuff online. I know how the whole transaction works and all, but perhaps it is the trauma that I had when I was handling countless fraudulent transaction issues back in my Verisign days. However, I am trying to get over that trauma, but using all the auction sites is just so painstakingly tedious!
So I went to do some search for Strivectin SD, a topical cream that, according to reviews, renews skin irregularities! I found a nifty online site that actually does the online window shopping for me. ShopWiki is a revolutionary new tool that actually does the dirty job done.
Like a search engine, it crawls through the web, in search of the perfect store with the perfect match for what you have been looking for. Very interesting concept indeed, and one that is very well thought out, Shopwiki even allows you to compare prices from one store to the other without having to switch between windows! At lastly, it gets the job done so fast, even faster than making up my mind on what to purchase.
